Jennifer Hood, the Administrative Assistant for Three Rivers College’s Career Education and Workforce Development department, has been named as Vice President of the Missouri Association for Customized Training (MACT). Hood, who was elected as Secretary of MACT in 2013, was promoted as part of the regular cycle of officer appointments for the organization. “I’m honored to have this opportunity to represent Three Rivers and Southeast Missouri as an officer,” said Hood, who helps set up and coordinate all of Three Rivers’ workforce training programs. “MACT is an outstanding group of professionals, and their work really helps keep Missouri’s economy growing and driving forward.” Three Rivers has helped to administer and provide training for dozens of state grant funded training programs
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The EMS and Paramedic programs at Three Rivers College have been awarded a renewal of their five-year certificate of accreditation from the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in Jefferson City after a site visit to the college’s facilities. The award completes part of the requirements necessary for the fledgling program to become fully accredited. “We’re very proud of this accomplishment, and what it means for the program,” said Tami Cunningham, EMS Coordinator for the college. “We now have only one step left to complete for full accreditation. It’s been a long process, but we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.” Cunningham has been in the process of completing the accreditation requirements for the Paramedic and EMS
Dec 18,Butler County Emergency Management Director Jeff Shawan donated 65 weather radios to all the schools in the county, including at least one device for every facility within the Poplar Bluff R-I school system, on Monday, Dec. 8. The donation was made possible with a $1,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, which was matched by the Butler County Commission. Jim Hager, lead field spotter of the Poplar Bluff Severe Weather Response Team, made the suggestion to Shawan, who wrote the grant proposal. “They’re as valuable as smoke detectors in terms of saving lives,” Hager stated.
Dec 18,The Poplar Bluff High School Future Business Leaders of America recently organized a can drive that generated almost 1,200 perishable food items for the United Gospel Rescue Mission.
Dec 18,A Poplar Bluff High School student will be featured on a popular MTV doc film series for the role she played in a Native American panel discussion that recently took place in Washington, D.C. Accompanied by guidance counselor Tamara Day, Darian Sales—a senior—was one of 36 Native American teen correspondents invited to attend the Tribal Nations Conference on Monday, Dec. 1, at the White House. Sales has distinguished herself with her leadership in Graduate for Mas, which is an academic and college-readiness program sponsored by Get Schooled in partnership with the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. “My whole team knows that Poplar Bluff has been one of my absolute favorite schools to work with this fall, and it was no
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